KARACHI, Oct 15: An unbeaten 50 by opener Shan Masood helped Karachi Urban to force a draw against Peshawar in the Inter-region under-19 cricket tournament at Gymkhana Ground in Peshawar on Saturday, according to reports reaching here.

Peshawar having gained a slender 23 runs first innings lead declared their second innings at 246 for five wickets setting the visitors the almost impossible task of scoring 270 for victory.

Karachi Urban finished the day at 89 for three wickets with Shan Masood compiling an attractive undefeated 50 scored off 101 deliveries. He struck eight fours.

Earlier, Shahid Iqbal stroked a fluent unbeaten 79 to ensure home side safety from any threat of defeat. His knock contained seven fours and he faced 124 balls.

Off-spinner Shahmir Khattak spun Karachi Harbour to a convincing nine wickets victory against Hyderabad.

Shahmir took five wickets for 21 in Hyderabad’s second innings. He claimed two for 19 to finish with match figures of seven wickets for 40 runs.

Muhammad Aamer was the only century maker as he scored exactly 100 in Faisalabad’s second innings to ensure his team salvage a draw against Multan.

Summarized scores:

Peshawar 272 and 246 for five wickets (Shahid Iqbal 79 not out, Yasir Arafat 48, Tariq Afridi 46, Shahid Khan 32)

Karachi Urban 249 and 89 for three wickets (Shan Masood 50 not out, Mirza Asad Baig 38)

Match drawn

Islamabad beat Quetta by nine wickets

Quetta 117 and 279 (Mati Ullah 63, Alamgir Khan 47, Muhammad Aslam 57; Imad Wasim 5-77, Wasim Baig 3-35)

Islamabad 356 for nine wickets and 40 for one wickets (Imran Fazal 31 not out)

Karachi Harbour beat Hyderabad by nine wickets

Hyderabad 114 and 201 (Lal Kumar 68, Sadaqat Ali 39; Shahmir Khattak 5-21)

Karachi Harbour 269 and 47 for one wicket (M.Faheem 38 not out)

Faisalabad 163 and 267 for five wickets (M.Aamer 100, A.Rauf 68)

Multan 161 and 64 for two wickets (Aqeel Anwar 29 not out)

Match drawn

Sialkot 291 and 246 for four wickets dec (M.Fahim 58, Usman Mushtaq 44, Arsalan Anwar 51 not out, Adnan Younis 50 not out)

Rawalpindi 261 and 34 for three wickets

Match drawn

Lahore Ravi beat Abbottabad by ten wickets

Abbottabad 212 and 175 (Haroon Khan 37 not out, Inamullah 34)

Lahore Ravi 377 and 72 for no loss (Abid Ali 39 not out, Mehroz Khan 29 not out).